The Firebirds, est. 2017
Our second group launched in Maryland, USA in August 2017.
Alexander Nabíl Ahdieh Kruszewski
Baha'i youth organizer, musician, linguist, scientist.
Diana Marin
Pilgrim. Catholic by heritage, mystic at heart. Exploring themes of vision, courage, and roots.
Didier Sylvain
Ph.D candidate in ethnomusicology. Lightworker and sound artist, teaching and creating medicine.
Hadar Cohen
Jewish Queen, feminist + spiritual warrior, lover of God, dance + theory, committed to truth + justice. Exploring power through divinity.
India Pierce
Photographer, organizer, and Ph.D student. Rooted in the expansive spiritual freedom of the past, present, and future of queer divine embodiment.
Jax Gil
Soulful facilitator. Liberatory community builder. Relational culture worker. Spiritual activist. Eats arepas and talks feelings.
Meera Ghani
A Muslim feminist, mother and activist. Exploring sacred motherhood through the themes of being, bond and bearing witness.
Natalie Zerial
Human rights lawyer exploring identities through migration, motherhood, mourning.
Olivia Marlowe-Giovetti
Ways of remembering. Listening as radical hospitality. Furious art in difficult times. Life after loss.
Poppy Liu
Actress, activist, poet. Queer spirituality through divine art-making with love as a highest teacher.
Prerna Abbi-Scanlon
Exploring the impact of appropriation and exotification, and the reclamation of Hindu culture and practices for herself.
Sandra Kim
Founder of Everyday Feminism and Compassionate Activism, sharing her Buddhist journey toward social liberation.
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Making visible the effects of the invisible. Creating compassionate communities of purpose for both Public and Planet.
Tyler Hess
Ecosystem healer serving biological community through nutrition and detoxification, body work and sacred movement.
The Hummingbirds, est. 2016
Our inaugural group launched in New Mexico in August 2016.
Adam Horowitz
Chief Instigator, U.S. Department of Arts and Culture
Alan Webb
Co-founder and steward of the Open Master’s Community. More.
Ashleigh Shepherd
Movement teacher, exploring what it means to be human through dance, yoga, and play. Student of children.
Brittany Koteles
Soulful improviser & script-flipper, dabbling filmmaker, writer, host.
Cole Parke
Tender-hearted organizer, activist, dreamer, and schemer, fighting for collective liberation and revolutionary grace.
David Bronstein
Cultural healer through music and counseling. David's Open Master's Learning Plan.
David Sievers
Exploring existential dread by way of climate activism, cycling, and dad jokes.
Devin Karbowicz
Social psychologist turned community builder using art and play to connect strangers in novel ways.
Lily Padilla
Learner, Writer, Healer, Organizer.
Marien Baerveldt
Social entrepreneur, learner, facilitator in meaning making and way finding, gardener. More.
Mildred Williams
Carrying forward the hopes and struggles of her ancestors.
Mojdeh Rezaeipour
Artist, Writer, Storyteller. Instigator of Creative Communities. More.
Neha Misra
Artist, Poet, Social Entrepreneur connecting dots across inner and outer geographies.
Orion Stephanie Johnstone
Composer, Sex Educator,
Queer Rights Lover-Fighter. (More)
Priya Parrotta
Writer, Singer, Lifelong Learner. More.
Riley Teahan
Designer, Director, and Producer, interested in the tactile and the ephemeral.
Ruth Moir
Community Creator, Questioner, Kindness champion, Learner, Deep Listener & Belly Laugher.
Sarah Jane Bradley
Co-founder, creative director, and steward of the Open Master's. Plays with design, words, songs, cities.
Veena Vasista
Scribe, Storyteller, Bridge, Mirror. Co-Creating Love, Beauty and Play.